Today...
...I learned that I should probably should read my copy of New Scientist before I read Private Eye.
Ah... The craziness of science. And on that note:
Quote for today:
"Some of the money was spent in contacting the Russian mafia as we tried to clone mammoths. But you can't say that [on an expenses claim form] so we expensed it as money for cows for an experiment"
The legendary bullshitter Woo Suk Hwang. Reuters, 24 Oct; this quote New Scientist 4 Nov
Ah... The craziness of science. And on that note:
Quote for today:
"Some of the money was spent in contacting the Russian mafia as we tried to clone mammoths. But you can't say that [on an expenses claim form] so we expensed it as money for cows for an experiment"
The legendary bullshitter Woo Suk Hwang. Reuters, 24 Oct; this quote New Scientist 4 Nov